In the Linjiang Pavilion Restaurant in Yin County, Wang Anshi held a banquet for Fan Ning and their companions to practice.

Time flies quickly, and a month's study tour ends in a blink of an eye. Fanning and his companions are preparing to return to Wu County tomorrow.

In fact, Yinxian County Schools have only become a place for them to eat and sleep. Most of their time they travel in the streets and alleys, fields, or on both sides of the Cixi River in Yinxian County, to understand the sufferings of the people, the wishes of merchants, and the development of shipping.

A month makes everyone thin and black, but the gains are huge.

Wang Anshi picked up a glass of wine and smiled, "Everyone is going back tomorrow. I wish you all good results in the autumn test. I wish you all on the list, see you again in the capital, come! We have this cup."

Everyone raised their glasses and drank the wine in the glass in one go.

Everyone sat down and drank happily, and the table gradually became lively. Fan Ning asked Wang Anshi with a smile: "Does the court have any explanation for the Zhang family case?"

Wang Anshi sneered: "It is said that the emperor was furious and ordered the Criminal Department to investigate the case strictly. The Zhang family's property should be confiscated and handed over to the court as stolen money."

Fan Ning nodded, "This is called the vast net of heaven, which is vast and unlimited. He became greedy for the court's property, but eventually harmed himself, which was also considered to be his own fault."

Wang Anshi drank all the wine in the glass, unable to hide his inner joy. "Without Zhang Qilin's constraints, I believe my Qingmiao Method will definitely succeed."

Fan Ning didn't say anything. Wang Anshi was slightly stunned. He felt that Fan Ning had something to say and hurriedly said, "What do you want to say, just say it bluntly!"

Fan Ning smiled bitterly and said, "I have always wanted to say something to my brother, but I am afraid of damaging my brother's enthusiasm, so I have to endure it this month, but if I don't say it, I'm afraid I will be in vain."

Wang Anshi's expression became serious. He put down his wine glass and said to Fan Ning: "If you don't say it, it will be my biggest regret."

Fan Ning said slowly: "I think my brother's experiment on the Qingmiao method is actually not successful!"

"Why?" Wang Anshi was stunned.

"The so-called successful experiment must be promotivated first. Can the elder brother think that the Qingmiao Law implemented in Yin County be promoted to all counties in the world?"

Wang Anshi was speechless. He understood what Fan Ning pointed out that in order to implement the Qingmiao Law, he and the county magistrate Zhang Qilin fought to the death.

Although I was lucky enough to win, I really had no promotion value. I can't expect other county magistrates to be as firm as I am. Maybe the county magistrates themselves are opponents.

Fan Ning continued: "The essence of the Qingmiao Law is to curb land annexation and prevent the recurrence of refugees in the late Han Dynasty and late Tang Dynasty, but it was only the government lent money to farmers to replace usury. I think this is just a treatment of the symptoms but not the root cause.

Why do farmers borrow money? Why don’t my brother find ways to prevent farmers from borrowing money? I think this is the foundation of reform. My brother actually took the wrong path to implementing the Qingshou Law."

"What about my brother's opinion?"

At this time, everyone at the table stopped talking and stared at Fanning.

Fan Ning smiled and said, "As far as I know, the tenant rents in Wuxian and Yinxian are the same. After the harvest every year, the tenant farmers and the owner pay the taxes, and the owner pays the taxes. It should be said that the exploitation of the tenant farmers is relatively strong, but Kaifeng Prefecture is not like this. Kaifeng Prefecture and the tenant farmers and the owner pay the taxes, and the owner pays the taxes. Have you ever thought about the reason?"

"I've heard of the reasons here."

Dong Kun next to him raised his hand and smiled, "Do you want me to show off your ugly face?"

Wang Anshi hurriedly smiled and said, "Brother Dong!"

Dong Kun scratched his head and said, "Once my father and uncle talked about this at the dinner table. My father said that it was because people from all counties in Kaifeng Prefecture went to the capital to make a living and make money, and there was no one in the countryside to farm, so the landlord had to lower the rent and recruit farmers."

Wang Anshi understood why Fan Ning gave this example. He smiled and said, "The capital is a special situation and cannot be compared with other places."

"I know that the capital is a special situation, but my idea is not wrong. My brother doesn't have to compete for profit with the wealthy and powerful families."

Fan Ning simply put down his wine glass and said to Wang Anshi solemnly: "For example, the government encourages workshops to grow, like the Wu weaving workshop in Dongcheng, which has 300 looms. If the workshops expand to 1,000 looms, do you need to recruit more people to work and earn money?

For example, when developing a mine, there are at least tens of thousands of people in a large mine, and tens of thousands of miners are working, and together with their families, this solves the lives of millions of people.

In addition, governments in various places also have a large amount of land in their hands, and the court can uniformly stipulate low tenant rents, which can attract many tenant farmers to come and plant official fields.

The number of farmers is limited. Once there is no one in the wealthy family farming, they can only reduce their rent. When farmers' income is high, they will naturally not borrow usury."

Wang Anshi nodded and smiled, "That's what you meant by splitting cakes. Instead of fighting for a piece of cake, it's better to make the cake bigger and everyone will benefit!"

"Yes! That's the reason. In fact, my brother implemented the Qingmiao Law because he was worried that the Song Dynasty would have caused refugees to resurrect the tragedy between the Han Dynasty and the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In fact, no matter how powerful the land annexation is, there would be no large-scale peasant uprisings such as the Yellow Turban Army and Huang Chao in the Song Dynasty."

Wang Anshi pondered for a moment and said, "I wish to hear it carefully!"

Fan Ning smiled and said, "The fundamental reason is that the situation in the Song Dynasty and Sui and Tang Dynasties is different now. During the Han Dynasty and Sui and Tang Dynasties, Jiangnan was not developed, double-season rice did not appear, commerce was suppressed and suppressed, and the situation of slavery was very serious. Warlords were separatist, and farmers could not survive without farming and could only become refugees.

The Song Dynasty was completely different. The Song Dynasty developed the south, encouraged commerce, strictly prohibited slavery, and suppressed warlords. Without the harvest, farmers could go to the city to work as bartenders and mates, and they could go to the south to work as tenant farmers, and at least they would have a bowl of rice to eat so that they would not be forced to rebel.

If handicraft workshops, mining, shipbuilding, transportation and commerce continue to flourish, improve production technology, and continue to develop in the south, the three redundant problems of the Song Dynasty can be gradually solved. I think this is the way to reform, to make the cake bigger, rather than fighting for a small piece of cake to the death."

Fan Ning has been holding these words for more than a month, although he helped Wang Anshi defeat the county magistrate Zhang Qilin and eliminated the main force that hindered the Qingmiao Law.

But from this incident, we can see that it is not feasible to implement the Qingmiao Law. Every county in the Song Dynasty had Zhang Qilin, but not every county had Wang Anshi, and there was even only one Wang Anshi in the Song Dynasty.

Historically, Wang Anshi's ultimate failure in the reform was due to the Qingmiao method. This was like firing porcelain. The craftsmen worked hard to burn a piece of porcelain, but opponents broke it with a slight knock.

Fan Ning felt that Wang Anshi still did not understand his thoughts, and tried every means to divide the cake, and did not expect to make the cake bigger.

So before he left, he found this opportunity to hit Wang Anshi hard.

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

The next morning, Fan Ning and his party left Yin County by boat. Wang Anshi came to the dock to see him off in person. The big boat gradually faded away, and Wang Anshi on the dock became smaller and smaller, and eventually he could not see it.

In the cabin, Mingren and Mingli were discussing in a low voice about how to hide pearls and avoid tax card inspections.

Most of the others are reading books and have lost a month's homework for review. There will be a county exam in June, which is equivalent to the pre-examination for the test. If the test is too poor, the county will not recommend taking the test for the test, which puts a lot of pressure on every student.

Fan Ning stood in the boat window with his hands behind his back and looked at the gradually disappearing dock, and his thoughts still did not calm down. Wang Anshi's stubbornness was not only reflected in the fact that he never looked back when he knew what he was sure of, but also in the fact that he refused to change his thinking easily.

Fan Ning was a little regretful. He had known that he would have made the Jingniu case a big deal, which would have failed Wang Anshi's Qingmiao Law reform and a painful lesson in failure. If he persuaded him himself, the effect would be much better.

Although he said that, Fan Ning also knew that if the Jingniu case was repeated, he would still help Wang Anshi, not just personal friendship. One very important reason is that Zhang Qilin has no bottom line in doing things, and Fan Ning does not want the second poison tea incident to occur again.

"What my senior brother said last night opened our horizons!" Dong Kun appeared beside Fan Ning at some point.

"Especially, the advice given to Wang County Magistrate Wang, to develop offshore transportation and use sea routes to communicate with Mingzhou and Jianzhou is a masterpiece."

Last night, Fan Ning suggested to Wang Anshi that the shipbuilding industry in Mingzhou would be developed, and the transportation to Jianzhou would be opened from sea routes, so that Mingzhou would become a transit place for Jianzhou tea and various fruits. This would find a way for farmers in Yin County to make money so that they would no longer rely on borrowing money.

Although the suggestion is good, Fan Ning knew that Wang Anshi would not implement it easily. Without it, there was no time. Wang Anshi's term expired until the end of the year, and Fan Ning's idea would not be realized after at least two or three years of operation.

However, this idea can be implemented in the future, and there will always be opportunities.
Chapter completed!